For Assignment 1:
Sites with inspirational ideas to help you research your project design: science toys, interactive books, other objects, two approaches to the design process (on wikipedia) http://scitoys.com http://www.sciencetoymaker.org/
Activities and Useful Info Activity: Imagine that you have just been alerted to a dangerous situation occurring within the building that you are in. Draw up an emergency evacuation procedure for the occupants of the building. Trial the procedure in a variety of emergencies, for example, a fire in the next room, a gas leak in the kitchen, a hostage situation, and a storm which has made the building unsafe.
Was your procedure effective in each case? Who would need to know the plan? How would you ensure that everyone was safe? How would the information about the procedure best be conveyed to those who need to know?
The Science-Technology Relationship: what do you notice?
Set Text:Fleer & Jane, Technology for children 2nd Ed, Chapters 6 to 12, and Chapters 13 to 16.
or 3rd Edition pages 19 - 26 and Ch 3
Science involves
Technology involves
Identifying questions
Identifying needs
Explaining and predicting
Producing functional products
Discovering
Inventing
Theorising about causes
Theorising about processes
Analysing
Designing
Making distinctions between concepts and isolating phenomena by controlling variables in experiments
Bringing many different factors to bear on complex design problems
Searching for causes
Searching for solutions
Researching for the sake of research
Researching for practical purposes
Seeking accuracy
Seeking only as much accuracy as is necessary for success
Reaching correct solutions based on accurate data
Making good decisions based on available data and resources
ECU204: Design and Technology
Assessment tasks: go here
Resources:
NTCF document:Activities and Lesson Plans at tesaustralia : http://www.tesaustralia.com/technologies-primary-teaching-resources/
For Assignment 1:
Sites with inspirational ideas to help you research your project design: science toys, interactive books, other objects, two approaches to the design process (on wikipedia)
http://scitoys.com
http://www.sciencetoymaker.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design
http://www.abramslearningtrends.com/c/whatshot.web?nocache@1+s@ueAGL7l6nXaNA
http://spoonful.com/crafts/educational-and-entertaining-crafts
Activity:
Imagine that you have just been alerted to a dangerous situation occurring within the building that you are in.
Draw up an emergency evacuation procedure for the occupants of the building. Trial the procedure in a variety of emergencies, for example, a fire in the next room, a gas leak in the kitchen, a hostage situation, and a storm which has made the building unsafe.
Was your procedure effective in each case? Who would need to know the plan? How would you ensure that everyone was safe? How would the information about the procedure best be conveyed to those who need to know?
The Science-Technology Relationship: what do you notice?